EP0547814B1 - Circuit symétrique de commande de ligne par réseau local ou similaire - Google Patents
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- EP0547814B1 EP0547814B1 EP92311090A EP92311090A EP0547814B1 EP 0547814 B1 EP0547814 B1 EP 0547814B1 EP 92311090 A EP92311090 A EP 92311090A EP 92311090 A EP92311090 A EP 92311090A EP 0547814 B1 EP0547814 B1 EP 0547814B1
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- H03K—PULSE TECHNIQUE
- H03K3/00—Circuits for generating electric pulses; Monostable, bistable or multistable circuits
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- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L12/00—Data switching networks
- H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
- H04L12/40—Bus networks
- H04L12/40006—Architecture of a communication node
- H04L12/40039—Details regarding the setting of the power status of a node according to activity on the bus
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- H—ELECTRICITY
- H04—ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE
- H04L—TRANSMISSION OF DIGITAL INFORMATION, e.g. TELEGRAPHIC COMMUNICATION
- H04L12/00—Data switching networks
- H04L12/28—Data switching networks characterised by path configuration, e.g. LAN [Local Area Networks] or WAN [Wide Area Networks]
- H04L12/40—Bus networks
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- This invention relates to differential line drivers having two outputs.
- Transmission on a wire pair is usually differential in nature to maximize the signal-to-noise ratio at the far end of the pair. What shape the signals "look like" when transmitted is usually contained by a template which is part of a local area network standard.
- the transmitted pulse template sets the performance limitations on a transmitted pulse. Because the test load may be reactive and resistive, significant transmitted pulse over/undershoot and ringing can occur with prior art transmitters. The over/undershoot and ringing are usually considered undesirable and the standard places limits on them. Further, an undesirable common mode (DC) shift may occur with prior art transmitters.
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- US-A-4,121,118 discloses a bipolar signal generator for generating bipolar signals.
- the generator includes a converter circuit which is composed of four AND gates and four transistors. One of input terminal of all of the AND gates is connected in common to a control signal supply line. The other input terminals of two of the AND gates are connected to a line and the other input terminals of the other two AND gates are connected to another line. Output terminals of the AND gates are connected to respective bases of the transistors. Collectors of the transistors are connected through a resistor to a direct current source. Emitters of the transistors are connected to ground. An emitter of a first transistor and a collector of a second transistor are connected to one terminal of a primary winding of a transformer and an emitter of a third transistor and a collector of a fourth transistor are connected to the other terminal of the primary winding.
- a differential line driver embodying the invention has two outputs, first and second pairs of serially coupled switches, and first and second resistors.
- Each of the first and second pairs of serially coupled switches have first and second outputs, a common output, and two corresponding inputs, the common outputs coupling to the two outputs of the driver.
- the first resistor has two terminals, one terminal coupling to a first power source and the other terminal coupling to the first outputs of the pairs of switches.
- the second resistor has two terminals, one terminal coupling to a second power source and the other terminal coupling to the second outputs of the pairs of switches.
- the arrangement of the switches allows for differential transmission of data when the driver is enabled. When disabled, the switches are all closed, coupling the outputs of the driver together with small common mode shift.
- switches 10, 11 and 12, 13 each make a pair of serially coupled switches with a common output coupled to the output of a differential driver 1.
- the pairs of switches 10, 11 and 12, 13 have outputs connected together and to corresponding resistors 14, 15.
- the resistor 15 couples to a first power source (V CC ) and resistor couples to a second power source (ground). It is understood that the second power source may be another voltage other than ground (zero volts).
- Resistors 14, 15 may be on-chip or off-chip depending on the application and power dissipation considerations.
- switches 10 and 13 are the same ( ⁇ ) as well as for switches 11 and 12 ( ⁇ ). This allows for the switches to be switched diagonally to send data differentially to load 20 through DC blocking capacitors 18. Differential switching involves switches 10, 13 open and close together while switches 11, 12 open and close together in complement to switches 10, 13. When driver 1 is disabled (idle), it is desirable to close all the switches 10, 11, 12, 13, thus coupling the outputs together without significant common mode shift.
- Control of switches 10, 11, 12 and 13 is accomplished by exemplary means of gates 16 and 17.
- the IDLE/ ACTIVE input (enable) signal is "low", (active)
- signals on input D passes through gate 16 to control switches 10, 13 while the signals on input D are inverted by gate 17 to control switches 11, 12.
- the switches 10-13 are diagonally switched, sending data on input D differentially. If, however, the IDLE/ ACTIVE input is "high” (idle), then both outputs from gates 16, 17 are " “high”, causing switches 10- 13 to be closed, as described above.
- switch 10 is shown in FIG. 2.
- switch 10 (as well as switches 11-13) is a CMOS transmission gate with transistors suitably sized to handle the current necessary to drive load 20 (FIG. 1) or any other predetermined load. It is noted that, depending on the application, single transistors may be used as a switch.
- FIG. 1 An integrated circuit version of the driver 1 (FIG. 1) has been fabricated for application driving an AUI network. Resistance values for resistors 14, 15 are approximately 90 ohms. Such a driver 1, without a transformer, more closely met the 802.3 standards for AUI transmission than a prior art driver with or without the transformer 19.
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Claims (5)
- Etage d'attaque de ligne différentiel présentant deux sorties,
des première et deuxième paires de commutateurs couplés en série (10, 11 ; 12, 13), chaque paire présentant des première et deuxième sorties, une sortie commune et deux entrées correspondantes, les sorties communes se couplant aux deux sortie de l'étage d'attaque ;
une première résistance (14) dotée de deux bornes, une borne se couplant à une source d'énergie et l'autre borne se couplant aux premières sorties des paires de commutateurs (10, 11 ; 12, 13) ;
une deuxième résistance (15) dotée de deux bornes, une borne se couplant à une deuxième source d'énergie et l'autre borne se couplant aux deuxièmes sorties des paires de commutateurs (10, 11 ; 12, 13), et caractérisé par :
une circuiterie de commande (16, 17) couplée aux entrées des commutateurs et dotée d'une entrée de données et d'une entrée de validation, la circuiterie de commande servant à commuter les commutateurs (10, 11 ; 12, 13) en réponse à l'entrée de données lorsque l'entrée de validation est active et mettant l'ensemble des commutateurs (10, 11 ; 12, 13) sous tension lorsque l'entrée de validation est inactive. - Etage d'attaque de ligne différentiel selon la revendication 1, dans lequel les entrées aux première et deuxième paires de commutateurs (10, 11 ; 12, 13) sont couplées ensemble de façon à ce que les commutateurs puissent être commutés diagonalement.
- Etage d'attaque de ligne différentiel selon la revendication 2, dans lequel les résistances (14, 15) présentent essentiellement la même valeur.
- Etage d'attaque de ligne différentiel selon la revendication 3, dans lequel la circuiterie de commande (16, 17) sert à commuter diagonalement les commutateurs lorsque l'entrée de validation est active.
- Etage d'attaque de ligne différentiel selon la revendication 3, dans lequel les commutateurs sont des portes de transmission.
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US07/810,632 US5285477A (en) | 1991-12-18 | 1991-12-18 | Balanced line driver for local area networks or the like |
US810632 | 1991-12-18 |
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EP0547814A2 EP0547814A2 (fr) | 1993-06-23 |
EP0547814A3 EP0547814A3 (en) | 1995-04-12 |
EP0547814B1 true EP0547814B1 (fr) | 2001-04-04 |
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EP92311090A Expired - Lifetime EP0547814B1 (fr) | 1991-12-18 | 1992-12-04 | Circuit symétrique de commande de ligne par réseau local ou similaire |
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US (1) | US5285477A (fr) |
EP (1) | EP0547814B1 (fr) |
JP (1) | JPH0563124U (fr) |
KR (1) | KR200155486Y1 (fr) |
DE (1) | DE69231763T2 (fr) |
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EP0547814A2 (fr) | 1993-06-23 |
JPH0563124U (ja) | 1993-08-20 |
KR930016683U (ko) | 1993-07-29 |
EP0547814A3 (en) | 1995-04-12 |
DE69231763D1 (de) | 2001-05-10 |
DE69231763T2 (de) | 2001-09-06 |
KR200155486Y1 (ko) | 1999-09-01 |
US5285477A (en) | 1994-02-08 |
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